Newark and Sherwood District Council and Nottinghamshire Police are working with Newark Town Centre Shopwatch to create better collaborative working and try to reduce or prevent shop thefts and anti-social behaviour within or from your businesses.
As part of this we have agreed to pay for active members to have access to the Schemelink app.
Schemelink
Schemelink is a data-sharing and communications portal designed in compliance with data protection law to protect retailers, staff and customers. The app’s features include:
- group chat to communicate, similar to WhatsApp
- incident logs, which once submitted are sent through to all members similar to a feed on Facebook
- push notifications to stay up-to-date
- ability to run a poll about a ban rather than wait until the next meeting
- banned persons gallery, including image watermarking for members so if images were shared inappropriately it would be easy to discover the source
- temporary access option, allowing others within their shop to use the app for a period of 1 month
Join now
To sign up to this scheme please complete the Newark Town Centre Shopwatch application form (.doc, 362kb). Once we receive tha completed form you will be sent a voucher via email to log on to Schemelink.
There is no cost to join for active members. An active member is a venue that is represented at a minimum of 75% of the Shopwatch meetings. Failure to attend will result in access to the app being removed. It is currently envisaged that there will be 6 Shopwatch meetings annually (details to be arranged).
Neighbourhood Watch
If antisocial behaviour does occur near or within your premises, we recommend that Shopwatch members also sign up to the Neighbourhood Watch Community Safety Charter. For more information, visit their website.